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Granted Patent B2
US 12,192,392 · App. 17/671,899 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Electronic device including slide body having rotary camera module

Inventors: Youngsun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Eunseok Hong (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04M1/0264H01F7/0231H04M1/0237
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Patent No.
US 12,192,392
App. No.
17/671,899
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a housing having an innerspace; a slide body slidably connected to the housing, the slide-body including an opening and at least one magnetic force generating member disposed in the opening; and a camera module assembly connected rotatably to the opening in the slide body, the camera module assembly including a module housing and at least one camera module disposed in the module housing, wherein the camera module assembly includes at least one magnetic force reactive member disposed to react to a magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member, and wherein the at least one magnetic force reactive member is disposed at a position affected by the magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member when the slide body slides out from the housing or slides in into the housing.

Claims (57)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a slide body slidably connected to the housing, the slide body including an opening and at least one magnetic force generating member disposed in the opening;

a rack gear module disposed to be movable at least in part together with the slide body in a sliding direction; and

a camera module assembly connected rotatably to the opening in the slide body and including:

a module housing;

at least one magnetic force reactive member disposed in the module housing to react to a magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member; and

a pinion gear module protruding to the outside of the module housing and engaging with the rack gear module,

wherein the module housing is rotatable disposed through an engagement the rack gear module and the pinion gear module according to a sliding operation of the slide body, and

wherein the at least one magnetic force reactive member is disposed at a position affected by the magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member when the slide body slides out from the housing or slides in into the housing.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one magnetic force generating member includes a permanent magnet.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one magnetic force reactive member includes a magnet or a metal member responsive to a magnetic force.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein when the at least one magnetic force reactive member is disposed such that a polarity thereof faces an opposite polarity of the at least one magnetic force generating member.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the module housing further includes a blocking member for blocking the magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a front cover, a rear cover facing in a direction opposite to the front cover, and a side member surrounding at least in part an inner space between the front cover and the rear cover, and

wherein the slide body includes a first slide cover and a second slide cover, and when the slide body slides out from the housing, the first slide cover is exposed to the outside and faces substantially a same direction as the rear cover, and the second slide cover faces in a direction opposite to the first slide cover and faces substantially the same direction as the front cover, and

wherein the opening is formed in a portion of the first slide cover and the second slide cover.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein in a state that the slide body slides out from the housing, the at least one first magnetic force reactive member faces the at least one magnetic force generating member such that the first module surface of the module housing is formed in a plane substantially coincident with one side surface of the second slide cover.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein in a state that the slide body slides in into the housing, the at least one second magnetic force reactive member faces the at least one magnetic force generating member such that the first module surface of the module housing coincides with an outer surface of the first slide cover.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:

a display visible from the outside through at least a portion of the front cover in the inner space of the housing.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one magnetic force generating member includes at least one electromagnet, and

wherein the electronic device further comprises at least one processor that controls to apply power to the at least one electromagnet in response to a slide-in or slide-out operation of the slide body.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a detection member for detecting a slide-in or slide-out state of the slide body,

wherein the at least one processor controls the at least one electromagnet, based on state information of the slide body received from the detection member.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the detection member is disposed on the housing and includes at least one Hall sensor.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor controls to apply power to the at least one electromagnet for a predetermined time after the slide-in or slide-out state of the slide body is detected.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a slide body disposed slidably from the housing and including an opening and at least one magnetic force generating member disposed in the opening;

a rack gear module disposed to be movable at least in part together with the slide body in a sliding direction; and

a rotating structure including:

a module housing disposed rotatably through the opening in the slide body, and

at least one magnetic force reactive member disposed to react to a magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member in the module housing, and

a pinion gear module protruding to the outside of the module housing and engaging with the rack gear module,

wherein the module housing is rotatable disposed through an engagement the rack gear module and the pinion gear module according to a sliding operation of the slide body, and

wherein the at least one magnetic force reactive member is disposed at a position affected by the magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member in a state that the slide body slides out from the housing or slides in into the housing.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one magnetic force generating member includes a magnet.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one magnetic force generating member includes at least one electromagnet, and

wherein the electronic device further comprises at least one processor that controls to apply power to the at least one electromagnet in response to a slide-in or slide-out operation of the slide body.

17. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one magnetic force reactive member includes a magnet or a metal member responsive to a magnetic force.

18. An electronic device comprising:

a housing having an inner space;

a slide body disposed slidably from the housing and including:

an opening;

at least one magnetic force generating member disposed in the opening; and

a rack gear module disposed to be movable at least in part together with the slide body in a sliding direction;

a camera module assembly disposed rotatably through the opening in the slide body and including:

a module housing;

at least one magnetic force reactive member disposed to react to a magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member in the module housing;

at least one camera module disposed to be at least partially exposed to an outside in the module housing; and

a pinion gear module protruding to the outside of the module housing and engaging with the rack gear module,

wherein the module housing is rotatably disposed by the pinion gear module engaging with the rack gear module; and

a driving unit disposed in the inner space and moving the slide body,

wherein the module housing is rotated such that the at least one camera module faces a first direction in a state that the slide body slides out from the housing through the driving unit, and is rotated such that the at least one camera module faces a second direction opposite to the first direction in a state that the slide body slides in into the housing, and

wherein the at least one magnetic force reactive member is disposed at a position affected by the magnetic force of the at least one magnetic force generating member in a state that the slide body slides out from the housing or slides in into the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: LEE, YOUNGSUN; HONG, EUNSEOK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0100155 · Aug 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2020007810 · Jun 17, 2020
Related Publication 20220174138A1 · Jun 2, 2022
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